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There is (or should be) a Democratic Town Committee of volunteers engaged in various activities. There might be a ward or precinct group as well. People think that Democratic dominance in Massachusetts is some inherent state of nature. No. It is because of this very local, IRL organization.

Reward for those? No that’s your reward for registering Dem and I’m not joking. Voter registration should not be treated as signing up for spam but boy howdy is it ever

FEILD, the REPOOPLICANS once again have a DEATH LASER pointed at the Senate. Donate $2 NOW to John Someguy to send a MESSAGE to CONGRESS that we will NOT accept their DEATH LASER without a LOW-INCOME VOUCHER RIDER attached!!

Go out and make some friends, buddy.

When you register to vote, they have you pick a party to join. If you picked "Democrat", you joined the Democratic Party. I don't know what else you would call that 🤷

The average voter has the same relationship to their party as they do to McDonald's. Without any way of actually breaking into the deliberative process, your only recourse is voting with your wallet and if you're a REAL crank then you try to annoy someone multiple tax brackets above you

I think DSA is a welcome and important development, and as you say, Dems in a lot of places have left a lot of gaps that can be filled in by people with the energy and enthusiasm to do so. I assume the alleged “freak out” by “moderates” is actually just donors whining to electeds and journos.

I think still pretty amped, but I moved out of state for the elder care phase of middle age, so I’m not in it first hand.

I have never donated to them. They have tons of money why would I? I vote Democrat because it's not Republican. Blegh. I'm whatever is on the working peoples actual side

Yeah I don't know if this is an Ohio thing? But every text I get is some variation on "I can't BELIEVE nobody cares about me! Our support is cratering, and we don't have any money at ALL! Won't you give $100 to our failed, dying cause?"

Mr Smiley Face.

Is that why there are so many self-declared democratic socialists who think that it's a capitalist ideology? Because they signed up for the well organized club and never bothered to pay attention to how the DSA itself described democratic socialism? (Spoiler, they say it's socialism.)

The Dem party in my county actively organizes its own events, has tables at other local events, canvasses, sends info emails, and solicits volunteers. Maybe you could start one if there isn’t one where you live.

flyers and knocks on doors and works elections and puts up with sneers from the “cool” kids?

ok, don't take the note

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The OP is an example of politics as a spectator/passive citizen. It’s boring and lazy, frankly. There’s plenty to do especially if one gets offline.

Here. Maybe this will help you find something to join. www.sfdems.org/clubs

I am lowering my ask to one dollar

Every county has chartered clubs, and there's also some statewide chartered orgs as well that are chartered and have authority from the @cademocrats.bsky.social CA Chartered orgs are here: cadem.org/statewide-ch... San Francisco Chartered Democratic Clubs are here: www.sfdems.org/clubs

I watched the Tea Party slowly turn the republicans from stodgy Romneys to frothing zealots and they’re saying we SHOULDNT do that for the left?

Well said, btw. Absolutely.

Fascists understand that the state creates the currency, which is why they’ve seized our money creating powers. All Dems can do is yell at the sky and demand Musk create our currency when he pays tax It’s so very sad

Ok, now what?

Not at all. You don't seem to want our votes. It's a real winning strategy

Fuck you, narcissist.

In my experience, it's often better to volunteer directly with a candidate for door knocking or phone banking. The more local, the better, or the race you care most about in your region.

People like you are why we're in this predicament. You think like consumers, not citizens. You only care about how you look, not what's good for anybody else in the world. You are a narcissistic prig who is destroying America.

Exactly. I'm a member of my local North Penn Dems. Always organizing.

There is no fee for my committee, you should probably report that to the county party. Sounds corrupt.

the last major grassroots organizing that took place wholly within the confines of the democratic party structure was the Uncommitted movement, who are being branded with racist dog whistles to this day in places like michigan

There are also Democratic clubs people can join. They represent a local neighborhood or an affinity group and allow people get more involved in their local party. It's also a good way to meet local candidates since they'll often make the rounds to every club in their district during a campaign.

Yet they are winning Democratic primaries because Democrats welcome them not Republicans. Here in Maryland we have a very active, progressive Democratic party. Look at Raskin's Democracy Summer.

In 2012 I was getting daily calls from local Democrats asking if I had voted yet and not happy I'm waiting for election day. I finally said "yes I'm planning to vote for Obama, but if you don't stop calling me I'm considering NOT voting for him." I wasn't actually, but the calls stopped.

Honestly, if GOP ops bought ActBlue contact lists and set bots to spam people to piss them off so much they didn't vote, how would anyone know the difference?

Correct

I donated 50$ in 2016 and STILL get texts and emails…

well something is also wrong with the fact that by and large the ACA is one of the 3 most recent wins the dems even have to advertise. ACA, build back better, and then you gotta go ALL the way back to kennedy to find anything of note. 2 wins in 60 years. thats a NY knicks win record your talking.

There are many in the DSA who are saying they should do this. It's an ongoing debate in a mass democratic structure which will take a lot of time to settle.

Of course, it’s never what the precious DSA should do but what the DNC should do to make the DSA’s life easier. It’s absolutely clear what you’re saying.

They deliberately killed it. They voted "yes" on the bill that killed ACORN.

AOC sends me more solicitous texts than anyone else right now. For what it’s worth.

Why do you need your party to be a social club?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET THE DSA TAKE OFF PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I'M FUCKING BEGGING YOU

The only other thing on the left with even a hint of the participatory spirit of the DSA? YIMBY groups.

I do not like labels, but this DSA is doing the will of the people. Fancy that energy is going into benefitting the employers. DNC...you had better wake up and forget about your owners...err...donors. Trust me, the first sign they're not getting what they're paying for that money will disappear.

That has not been my experience at the county level. I’m a precinct chair and committee member in our County party. However it’s run by retirees on a very rigid structure. DSA isn’t, which appeals to younger people and/or those who would prefer more informal structures. Many of us work for both.

Every Democratic Party voter and member is ALREADY appreciative of socialist programs, like the fire department in their town, or healthcare everywhere, or national parks, or ... the list is endless. Make DSA the new DNC! We have only to acknowledge the simplicity of the public good to get there!!

I'd wager that most of the people convinced that the local Dem party doesn't do anything would find that the local DSA doesn't do anything either because they too do not exist. Changing the trajectory of local parties when no one is active is actually easy but very slow and frustrating.

You're not looking for a political party. You're looking for either a church or a gang. Parties are about affecting policy, not entertainment, catharsis, and self-actualization for its members.

My favorite are the emails that could be cries for help if they came from a person.

of course there is, you just can't be bothered to do anything but bitch about *texts* 🙄

^centrist Dem cope

sounds like a skill issue, Matt

You’re a bad person with bad ideas

As someone who previous ran mobilisation for a campaign, no, it's an issue for your party if there are interested people who would like to be more involved and you aren't making it an easy and good experience for them to get more involved.

Hello [name field] This is [senator name], and I am BEGGING you for $1!

MAGA torched the dems in terms of organization. They found the terrorist handbook in the middle east after 9/11 and said, hey we can do this too! Dems have been unorganized and foolish since. Their aristocrats need to wake up and listen to the peopl

LOL. Lmao even.

Agreed. And the good D organizations at whatever level are on, year-round. This is so common in Massachusetts that I'm shocked folks don't know their local Dem orgs in other places.

no it is plainly not. it is not a member-run organization. you have only indirect influence on its leadership or direction. be pragmatic about american politics, sure, but dont put on rose-colored glasses.

This.

Sad little kiwi wants to whine.

Governments create the national currency Banks create loans Everything gets paid for either by government spending or bank lending You’ve been brainwashed to think you can only be free if you have to suck the dick of a bank CEO just to give your child some medical care

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What's the point if idolizing a brand? It's not a movement, and by defining it, you prevent emergent growth. Acronyms are so Socialist Party

I feel like half my political advocacy is "please, for the love of god, treat politics like making a purchase at the democracy store and stop trying to get identity or community or belonging out of it."

I’ve been a Democrat all my life. Democrats have been responsible for every good thing in government, and many bad things too. Republicans have been responsible for almost every bad thing and a couple of good things I don’t know WTF you’re taking about, but Democratic socialism is liberalism

The ceaseless begging is a massive turnoff. And in some cases, very little of the money raised goes to candidates. I suppose it happens on the Republican side too.

What does that '×' button do if you click it?

After Harris my policy on Dem donations is my money would be better served flushed down a toilet and then setting the toilet on fire.

I think the inside bottom pair are Sherrod Brown (D), challenger to Ohio Senator John Husted (R)

Top inside is maybe Turek/Hinson from Iowa?

Top left is Mary Peltola (D) running in Alaska

Checked and this is not on the main page. Instead there is a summary of thier beliefs. The issue is not with asking donations but the fact that it is entirely what the dems ask of you.

“Paywalled” lmfao this guy has never heard of paying dues before

i prefer to be emotionally manipulated and gaslit for my political donations, it makes me feel special.

They can waive the dues if you can't afford it. Also a lot of the more general meetings and events are free to attend

Hey man I got like 15 texts in the last two days from some lady I've never heard of who announced for some race last week, do you think she was just being nice

You know we can see the "Income Based Dues" option, right? And we can see the URL of the website? And going to said URL and selecting that option allows for paying as little as "1% of monthly income?" That's a hell of a lot lower than *anything* I get asked to donate to Democrats 15+ times a day.

That's called membership? Paywall is when you are blocked from information. www.dsausa.org

Well, then the DSA has poor website design, too. It's not a better practice because other guys do it.

When you go to a website to find information and instead you get hit with a big splash page seeking your money, that appears as a paywall. It is a known factor of web design that many people will simply leave the page rather than figure out how to get past the splash intro.

I've spent my career working for the Democratic Party, but thanks.

I’m glad I’m not the only one complaining about the texts. They flood out my legitimate ones. Replying “STOP” increased the frequency. These read less like scams than like trashy clickbait.

Well put.